Which Galaxy S4 will your country get? Here’s the unofficial list

For the Galaxy S4, Samsung will launch two similar yet different models. While design, features, and specs such as a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display and 13MP camera will remain the same, the processor will vary by region. The standard model (GT-i9500) features Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa chipset. In areas offering an LTE-enabled Galaxy S4 (GT-i9505), the phone will incorporate a quad-core Snapdragon 600 CPU.

We’ve slowly been learning which regions will receive which version of the GS4, and now SamMobile has compiled a list for all curious as to which phone will be available to them at launch (some countries will see both versions). While the Snapdragon version of the phone was initially believed to be headed to North America only, it looks like it will see a wider release than expected. Here’s the breakdown:

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pretty sad that Kazkakhstan gets the octa mom and most of the developed highly profitable markets get fizzledragon. They’re betting that 90% of the people who buy the S4 will care less.

Butters619

couldn’t care less* (although I suppose will care less does work in context, but I don’t think that is what you meant)

And if it’s anything like last year the Snapdragon will be nearly as powerful.

bmg314

And they are correct… MORE than 90% of consumers won’t know or care…

9Johnnyn9ne9

It’s because of Borat

Quboid

I think the Snapdragon SoC has 4G and the Exynos does not. That would also explain why the UK is getting both, we have *very* limited 4G at present. I doubt the performance difference would be noticeable any way.

http://youtu.be/GvPlAyTG4ik?hd=1 1PhoneDoesnt.com

Why does the US always get less cores?

No_Nickname90

Because wii are destined to be behind Japan in the tech world.

remnem

because of the LTE

bob

Of rather have the octa w/hspa+ then snapdragon w/LTE. LTE is sketchy and a complete battery where. Wonder if the i9500 will work on tmobile hspa+42

New_Guy777

Probably not. That AWS band is a deal-breaker for almost all international headsets NOT created for T-Mobile. You can get Edge, but no 3G, and certainly no faster.

http://www.facebook.com/dommytraz Dom Trasolini

Octa chipset will end up being very comparable to the quad core snapdragon.

bluevoodo

because you touch yourself at night.

David Kelly

Better than touching yourself during the day in public!

Darrien Glasser

I hate to burst your bubble, but the octa-core is actually worse than the quad core 600. It’s really a dual-quad core device.

There are two quad core processors in the International version, an A7 at 1.6gHz and an A15 at 1.2gHz. Since it follows the big.Little processor type (think Tegra 3 and it’s quad core + 1), both of them can’t work at the same time.

Therefore, the quad core A9 Snapdragon 600 processor at 1.9gHz (or even at 1.7 like the One) is faster than either of the two sets of cores alone in the octa-core alone.

The octa might be more better when battery life is compared, but in terms of raw performance, the US version is more powerful.

ben7337

CPU performance isn’t too important in smartphones anymore anyway, I’m much more concerned about the GPU in the two SoC’s. The 544 MP3 may kick the slightly higher clocked Adreno 320’s butt, that still remains to be seen. In the end differences may be minor, but they could also be major. Samsung really needs to get in gear and work on mass producing a chip that supports everything, for all markets.

Simon Belmont

I’d rather have the Snapdragon 600. Wanna know why?

Developer support and Qualcomm’s commitment to good source releases, unlike the Exynos source. Just my two cents.

No_Nickname90

Don’t care anymore. I’ve decided that I’m going to get the HTC One. 64GB of course.

http://www.facebook.com/dommytraz Dom Trasolini

Thank you for telling us something we didn’t ask about

No_Nickname90

You could say the same thing for every comment on this thread. Don’t waste my time singling me out because you don’t prefer the HTC One. There are people in this world that has battery charger and don’t need spare batteries. There are also people in this world that don’t need 100GB+ of data. I don’t listen to 30GB of music every day. All that data doesn’t need to be on my device slowing it down so that it can be preloaded upon boot.

http://www.facebook.com/dommytraz Dom Trasolini

I never once said I don’t prefer the HTC One.

“There are people in this world that has battery charger and don’t need spare batteries. There are also people in this world that don’t need 100GB+ of data. I don’t listen to 30GB of music every day. All that data doesn’t need to be on my device slowing it down so that it can be preloaded upon boot.”

Thank you ONCE AGAIN for telling us something we didn’t ask about.

bluevoodo

Fine choice sir!

Diego!

Do we, southamericans exist for you?? ¬¬

Butters619

There’s a South America? Since when?

Diego!

Since 1492, when Columbus discovered the whole continent… Sarcasm implied in your comment?

Butters619

Yup. Internet sarcasm ftw

bluevoodo

You mean it wasnt there before Columbus?

Diego!

It was! Columbus just discovered it by casualty *so History says* and enough with this, we are getting the Exynos 5 Octa in Argentina! :D

Royal Marine

Did columbus discover the Falklands too?

Diego!

You must be really stupid to say something like that. I won’t even get into that. Bye sucker!

bluevoodo

aww! sheeeet It’s going to get international in this mug! Maybe Argentina and England should settle this like civilized nations, in the football field.

bluevoodo

I was being sarcastic, since there was people already there. FYI not trying to be rude but casualty doesnt mean what you think it means, its by chance* I know you were trying to say “casualidad” but it doesn’t translate well.

Diego!

I know, but due to all the casualties and victims of the flu, he had to make a stop and that is why he discovered America. LOL xD

joker22joe

Columbus did not find north America, WHAT AMERICA UNEARTHED! U will think different

Diego!

The vikings were the first in our continent, and the chinese. Right?

bluevoodo

Dude it was aliens!

Diego!

OMG! O_O

bluevoodo

North America is not technically a continent in the same way Europe shouldn’t be a continent just a way for snobby Europeans to differentiate themselves from the people of color. When you ask Americans and Canadians they will tell you Mexico is not North America but Central America, which again is not a continent.

UK BUYERS
Snapdragon will come to the EE network (Orange & Tmob)
Rest of the carriers will get the octa core international version

dima

Israel?

joker22joe

U no that the us is getin fukked,we want the faster exnos 8 core or have the options 2 b the judge on the 2 different cores,but I’m sure we get the crumbs, the mighty us has more monies 2 piss away on luxury items than most!

mirage03

I think they forgot to mention that this is based on carrier’s specifications because I believe you would be able to buy the international version from third party retailers in North America..

So the gs4 is almost the same size of the gs3 but with a bigger screen and shrunk bezel? Wow.. Lol.. I’m just wondering why can’t previous gen iPhones and ipods have the latest ios version? Even after a jailbreak? But in android you can.. I don’t understand

bluevoodo

You’re trolling right? Previous generation iProducts go well past two years running latest iOS version, what some devices dont get is hardware specific features,siri and maps are a mystery to most.

Matthew Merrick

I love how you just said “stop trolling idiot – even though you’re essentially right”

bluevoodo

not like iOS is my cup of tea but, there is more to iOS than Maps and SIRI FYI.

Matthew Merrick

Looking at IOS on my sisters previous-generation iPod vs my uncle’s iPhone 5, and the differences are bigger than that of IOS version number jumps.

Maximillion82

Basically countries with LTE get Snapdragon countries with only 3G get Exynos?

Sinned66

Didn’t see Ant Artic or Santa’s North Pole.

androidscales

4 core for US why do i feel i am in 3rd world country ..sigh

http://twitter.com/iLoveLiveUnique Nathan Bryant

Does the octa chip work with our networks (US) though as far as LTE? If so I want to get an unlocked version.

Daniel Keane

Nice that we get a choice in the UK, but I’m guessing the I9500 is 3g only for us at least.

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http://www.facebook.com/ZaprenKostadinov Zapren Kostadinov

WHAT? We are getting the Snapdragon (Bulgaria).. That was unexpected!! .. I wasn’t gonna buy it anyway so not really my concern but I was hoping if we are getting no LTE phone it would at least have the processing power.